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Author: beejay
Date: 2004-04-18 20:55
Could anyone suggest anything suitable for a suberb soprano, a brilliant pianist and a clarinettist (me) who's definitely in a lower category than the two pros who have invited him to play with them?
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2004-04-18 21:00
B J - Recently, we had a thread w: posts re:Schubert's "The Shepherd on The Rock". written for "you three" perhaps. Look for it. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: ksclarinetgirl
Date: 2004-04-18 21:43
I have played I think 6 different works for soprano and clarinet. I recently performed "Parto! Ma tu ben mio." by Mozart (which was mentioned above) and Two Nursery Rhymes by Arthur Bliss.
Last year, I played a piece called "Mad, Mad, World" w/ a mezzo-soprano friend of mine. It's very different, and challenging for the clarinet and the soprano. However, it's a generic voice part instead of a soprano part, and it goes a little low for the singer (I think a Bb or an A) Here's the link to that song in the woodwind.org database: http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Composers/Titles/004399.html
I've also read two other pieces with a soprano, but I can't think of them off the top of my head. One of them had to do w/ sheperds, but it wasn't the Schubert, because it was on A clarinet. I couldn't find it in the woodwind.org database.
The Mozart is a beautiful piece. The soprano part has a lot of runs, and I think goes up to an A or B. The Bliss pieces aren't as difficult but they are also kind of different, and they are on A clarinet instead of Bb.
Hope this helps, and I'll try to find some more info on those other pieces!!
Stephanie :o)
"Vita Brevis, Ars Longa"
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Author: diz
Date: 2004-04-18 22:23
I'm with Don here ... you can't go past The Shepherd on the Rock. Beautifully written and quite challenging for all concerned.
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Author: claaaaaarinet!!!!
Date: 2004-04-18 23:51
I recently heard an interesting piece by Ned Rorem called "Ariel: Five Poems of Sylvia Plath." I did a quick search and found that it is published by Boosey. Depending on your taste in music, it is well worth looking into.
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2004-04-19 04:16
I posted a few months ago about the Schubert. I've enjoyed working on this piece enormously and highly recommend it! It's not easy by any means but not highly technical except at the end (the biggest challenges are rhythmic and legato). The question earlier about editions has been resolved- our coach got us the Barenreiter.
If you want to hear some good Schubert, the concert's a week from Thursday just outside Phildelphia. The college events calendar mysteriously lists our piece as "Shepherd on the Rocks."
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2004-04-19 13:30
Rorem's Ariel is excellent music, but atonal and technically very difficult. Also, the Sylvia Plath poems are VERY depressing. It's definitely worth doing, but it's not something you can toss off with one or two rehearsals.
Shepherd on the Rock is by far the best music for the combination. The piano part is not difficult. As with most music for a soloist, and even more for music with two soloists, the pianist is more an accompanist than an equal partner.
If you've done the Schubert, try the Spohr. The clarinet part is more difficult than it looks, and it's closely tied to the song texts. When the soprano sings about twittering birds, you have to make the appropriate sound effects.
Parto, Parto doesn't work well with the orchestral part reduced to piano. Also, it calls for a basset Bb clarinet, descencing to low C.
Schubert wrote a lovely Offertorium, Totus in Corde Langueo, D. 136, Op. 46, for soprano, clarinet in C and strings, which a good pianist ought to be able to read off the score. There's also the Romanze, Ich schleiche bang und still, from his opera Der hausliche Krieg http://www.di-arezzo.com/uk/detail_notice.php?no_article=PETER00463&aff=scores
Finally, here's a repertoire page from Vandoren. It's in French, but the listings are easy enough. http://www.clarinette.net/Partitions/voix-et-clarinette.htm
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: bob49t
Date: 2004-04-19 18:29
Ken - there's also Romanze by Schubert from the one act opera Die Verschworenen which is a beautiful little stocking filler or encore number. This starts with the same words as you've quoted ! There may be a tie-up.
My copy is produced by Oxford University Press.
beejay - Louis Spohr's Sechs Deutsche Lieder are great. Not usually performed as a complete set they're popularly reduced to selected small groups of songs. However, be bold - we did 'em in toto last year in two venues. They are wonderfully satisfying to play and Spohr knew how to write for ease of clar fingering. Lots of lovely arpeggio stuff and some great chalumeau writing. Some tricky passages and it's critical to get the tempi absolutely right for your trio. The full set has everything - and you'll feel great after they're finished !
Overexposure to Schubert's "Der Hirt" has eventually corrupted my initial thrill when playing it, but it still is a great work for the sop, clt, pa trio.
Emerson Edition has a few nice arrangements for this combo.
Happy hunting.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2004-04-19 19:09
bob -
Die Verschworenen ran into troubles with the censor and had to have libretto changes. It came back as Der hausliche Krieg. Same music.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: CPW
Date: 2004-04-21 16:14
"Shepherd on the Rocks."
That is definitely carrying the Martini craze a bit too far
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